Wainwright, John, Private, 958, 1st/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Disembarked for service 1st March 1915 Born Ibstock, Leicestershire Enlisted Swadlincote, Derbyshire Resided Burton on Trent, Staffordshire Killed in action 5th October 1915 aged 26 Son of William and Sarah Anne Wainwright; husband of Lily Harrison (formerly Wainwright), of 214, Hawfield Lane, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial
1911 Census An assistant earthenware pottery fireman Stepson of Joseph Grice, a fish merchant, and son of Sarah Ann Grice, of 5, Hill Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Disembarked for service 1st March 1915
Born Ibstock, Leicestershire
Enlisted Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Resided Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
Killed in action 5th October 1915 aged 26
Son of William and Sarah Anne Wainwright; husband of Lily Harrison (formerly Wainwright), of 214, Hawfield Lane, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent.
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial
1911 Census
An assistant earthenware pottery fireman
Stepson of Joseph Grice, a fish merchant, and son of Sarah Ann Grice, of 5, Hill Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
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